The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-02-24

and make a true report Of their con-
dition.
Another bill Of interest to labOrers |
and employees, and which has passed |
the House. is one making it unlawful /
for any person, firm. company OF cor !
pOFation to deliver OF issue any scrip, |
token, check, draft or order to any
person employed by him for any
wages due for labor. This Is a good
bill, as the time check r. q nuisance
70 the poor day labOrers who need
their money at once instead Of Wsit-
ing 4 long time, or having II dis
cJunted, thereby lOOsing q part Of bis
hard earned wages. ANY person,
fiTm corporation etc, can, however,
give al order on any store or business
house for any goods or merchandise,
70 he Is not interested in said store
IL also provides against compelling,
or seeking or attempting TO coerce any
employe 10 purchase goods or sup
plies from any particular party. A
heavy penalty is attached FOR the vio-
lAtiOns hereof.
A bill equally important, II not still
more 80, than the one above referred
TO, Is the one taken up a few days
since, and recommended for passage.
IL provides that all railroads and other
corporations OF the State, shall after
August lst, pay to their employees the
wages or salaries earned by them,
each and every week, In lawful
money and such wages shall be paid
aud become due, not later than Fri
day of eacn week. IL the wages OF
any employe are withheld afterFriday
q penalty of y per cent. OF one days
wages shall be attached for every day
said payment Is 50 withheld, except
ing Sundays and legal holidays, until
thirty days have expired. After this
period and the wages are still with
! held. penalty Of 80 Ter cent. Of one
| day's wages for every day shall be at
| taChed aud become due for ninety
/ DAYS thereafter, anu II an empioye =
/ discharged from the employ OF any
corporation, his wages shall become
| due and payable at once, under the
/ same penalties as above. The penal
| ties can be recovered at any time
within six months Of such default. IL
/ Is also the duty OF the corporation 20
see that the employees Of contractor
are duly paid their wages. and II the
contractor fails to do so then the cor
pOratiOn shall be responsible under
the above penalties, the same as n
they were directly employed by such
company.
The Quantrell and Price raid
| claimants have received another
setback. IL has been held by ma
/ jOrity Of the Judicial committee, and
/ also by the Attorney General that the
bill providing FOR the payment Of said
| claims are Unconstitutional. Accord
! ing to Section ) of Article IL, the in
debtedness Of the State cannot exceed
! $l.0O0, 900, and as these claims to-
/ gether with the present amount ol
/ Indebtedness would Oyerrun tha
/ figure. il Is held 10 be void. The
! Legislature can, however, by a ma
jority Of both Houses levy special
/ tax for such purposes, which II Is not
likely they will do.
|
The Legislature arrived home Sun
/ dav morning by the way uf Saiina,
from their great trip west. A short
! stop was made az the cities OF EN-
pOria, Newton and Florence. A. the
/ latter place a large concOurse OF citi-
/ the depot, carrying banners, with in
/ scriptions such as You are on bum,
/ but we are on a boom, and "a corner
lot In Florence is a stepping stone To
/ fortune,n etc. Arriving at Wichita,
/ we were met at the depot by about
| 2l0 real estate agents, who tOOk great
pleasure In showing TO US 1.-THE Queen
Of the Plsins.n IL is truly wonder
ful town, having acquired a popula
tion Of 80, 900. Speeches and banquets
were the order Of the evening and
night, and the next morning We leit
/ for Hutchinson. Here after being
driven around to various places OF
interest, including the new Reform
School, we were royalty led IN the
Opera House by the beautiful ladies
Of the city, who spread q sumptuous
feast for us, which we partOOk Of mid
speech-makiug, ,Dleasantries, aud beau
tfful decorations Of flowers and ever
greens. Leaving HutchisOn, we ar
rived at Mcpherson by way OF Ellin-
wood. Here we were again met by
number OF teams and like funeral
procession, driven about town. In
the evening, all business houses We're
Illuminated and the streets filled with
Chinese lanterns. Here too, a great
supper was served. and q grand re-
ceptiOn given in the Opera House,
consisting Of addresses OF welcome
and responses. Had not the next day
been Sunday. the party would have
stopped and taken in the inspiring
beauty Rnd grand boom Of Salina, the
future capital Of the State.
BYRON.